ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. RANGITOTO WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL FOR JUNE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 541, 12 August 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. RANGITOTO WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL FOR JUNE.

* NEWS TO JULY 10. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (rnoai otjb ow cobeespoxdext.) GitF/raouTH, Aug. 10. The s.s. Baugitoto arrived off this port yesterday, and the mails were landed this morniug. Adelaide, Aug 2. The branch mail steamer Alexandra arrived from King George's Sound at 11 o'clock this morning with the mails by the B.M.S. Avoca. GENERAL SUMMARY. IiO>:Do:f, June 9Q. Discount, 4 per cent. Consols 021 for money ; 92£ to 93 J for discount. The wool sales closed on the 19th. 215.50G bales were catalogued. The salc3 were dull at first, hut afterwards recovered. The Queen returned to AViudsor on June 16th. Thelrish Church Bill passed the third loading in the House of Commons by a majority of 114. The reading is still debated in the House of Lords. A letter written by Mr Bright to the Birmingham Liberal Association, in which it was alleged that the House of Lords was threatened, caused great sensation throughout the country. Lord Granville's despatch, announcing the refusal of the Government to recommend Parliament to guarantee the New Zealand loan, has been published. An explosion took place in the Eerndale colliery on June 10th. Sixty persons were killed. The Ascot Cup was won by Brigautino. The shore end of the Atlantic Cable has been laid. The Great Eastern leaves Brest to-morrow to lake up the remainder of the line. The Viceroy of Egypt is expected to arrive in England on Tuesday next. The wool sales closed on the 19th. 9000 bales were withdrawn. The Australian May mail, via Marseilles, arrived on the 14th. The Crown Princess of Denmark arrived at Marlborough House on the 24th of May. The Prince and Princess of Wales were at the Epsom and Ascot races. A Committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the causes of the excess of the cost over the estimate of the Abyssyuian war. On June 14th a debate in the House of Lords took place on the second reading of the Irish Church Bill. Lord Ilarrowby proposed that the Bill should be read three mouths hence. The Archbishop of Canterbury supported the second reading. Lord Derby opposed the second reading. The Preuch general elections resulted in the return of 213 Imperialists, and 97 Opposition members. The latter were elected by the large cities.

lliots Lave taken place in Paris during the whole week. A riot occurred amongst the colliers at Mold, in Flintshire, on June 2nd. Four persons were shot. The grand Prix de Paris race was won by Flaneur. The Spanish constitution passed the Cortes by a majority of 214 to 53. It is reported that the Cuban rebellion had failed.

With respect to Earl Granville's despatch, refusing to guarantee the jSTew Zealand loan, it is stated that, so far from the colonists having any claim upon the Home Government, the latter has claims upon them. The Times says:—"We sympathise with our countrymen in their \ difficulties, but are bound to reject unreasonable, unjust claims." The Star believes that the despatch will have a good effect in the Colony. The Daily News suggests that the colonists will have to rely upon themselves. Herr Beindman, the German tragedian, and his wife, belter known as Miss Milly Palmer, leave for Australia in the Somersetshire. Major Beswick, late chief constable of the Birkenhead police, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for forgery. Mr Motley, the American Minister, arrived at Liverpool on the 29th of May. He refused to adjust certain disputes between the Liverpool and American Chambers of Commerce. Powell, a Welsh coal proprietor, with his wife and servants, has been murdered in Abyssinia, whither they had gone on a sporting tour. A conference in vindication of the

German Protestants has been held in Worms. The Italian Parliament has been prorogued sine die, in consequence of the rejection of a financial convention proposed by the Ministry. New York, June 14. Gold, 148|- premium. General Grant arrived at New York on the 14th, on his way to Washington. He was enthusiastically received. At Spi-ingfield and Worcester, the members of a junta appointed to assist the Cuban insurrectionists were arrested, but were released on a bail of 5000 dollars, and were bound over, under 2500 dollars, to keep the peace. It is reported that these arrests have been procured by the Spanish Minister without the knowledge of Secretary Fish. The New York Herald strongly denounces the proceedings, stating that they arise from the timidity and vacillation of the present Government with respect to Cuban affairs, which have created feelings of disgust in the public mind. Obituary.—Peter Cunningham, Sir R. J. Clifton, M.P., Rev. J. J. Taylor, Admiral Sir George Lambert, Sir Charles Hay Seetmau, Lord Brougham. July G. The second reading of the Disestablishment Bill was carried in the House of Lords by a majority of 179 against 146. Laid Grey, Earl Russell, and the Bishops advocated the system of concurrent endowment. Earl Granville declared that the Government would never consent, but agreed that the present Irish Bishops should remain as Peers during life.

Earl Caernarvon moved an amendment, -which was adopted, giving the clergy fourteen times their annual incomes, notwithstanding Lord Granville's opposition. The House adopted clause ten, with an amendment proposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, deferring the Disestablishment Bill till 1872. This was strenuously opposed by Earl Granville. An amendment was made in the sixth clause, leaving the surplus Church revenue at the disposal of Parliament, who intend devoting it to charitable purposes. A Bill proposed in the House of Commons, for granting an ainuesty to Fenians, was rejected. In the House of Commons, Mr Monsell announced that stringent instructions had been sent to the Queensland Government relative to the importation of South Sea Islanders. Cut of 1035 prisoners arrested during the late riots in Paris, all have been released except 200. The Liverpool Cup was won by Spy. Serious Orange riots have occurred at Bellas t. The Belgian railway question has been settled in a way satisfactory to France. The Government emphatically refused to undertake the posccution of Messrs Ovcreiid and Gurney. Lord Napier, of Magdala, has resigned his command of the Bombay army. The American cruisers have arrested a party of Cuban Filibustered, consisting of 800, who had eluded the New- York authorities, and had sailed for Cuba. The Spanish Minister at "Washington, at an interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, threatened to demand his passport, if an official interview were granted to the envoy from the Cuban insurrection. Loxdo>*, July 9. The Life Peerage Bill has been rejected by the House of Lords on the third reading. _ On an appeal from Mr Gladstone, Sir Henry Bulwer relinquished his motion relative to tho Alabama claims. Two thousand miles of the French Atlantic Cable have been laid by the Great Eastern. Lonbox, July 10. The report of the Committee in the House of Lords fixes the date of the disestablishment of the Irish Church in May, 1871. The House offers the sum of half a million sterling in lieu of private endowments, notwithstanding the declaration of Earl Granville that it was not necessary to offer that sum, since, in the Province of Ulster, glebes were to be retained.

The steamship Somersetshire sailed from .Plymouth on July Ist, with 200 passengers on board. A levee at St James's has been held by the Prince of Wales, on behalf of iter Majesty. _ The Queen, in consideration of additional official duties thrown upon the Prince of Wales, makes him a large allowance from her private purse. Emigration to America and Canada is active. 8000 persons left the river Mersey in one week. The Government promises to consider the question of giving the movement some assistance. Mr Verdon has relieved the Imperial Emigration Commissioners as regards Victoria. Seventy tons of preserved meat, ex Lansdowne, were sold at once. The Duke of Newcastle has fled to the Continent, to escape bailiffs, who are in possession of Clumber Castle. Padwick obtained judgment against bim for £95,000, and various Hebrew money-lenders for £123,000. The furniture of the Duke's residence is to be sold to cover some losses by racing. Lord Charles Hamilton, from the same cause, has assigned his estate to escape bankruptcy. Seeley has been elected for Nottingham, beating Mr Digmy Seymour.

A handsome testimonial has been presented by the women of Bradford to Mr Edward Miall. Mr Goldwin Smith has answered Mr Summers's speech effectively. The principal shops in Paris are now closed on Sundays. Richard, inspector of detectives on the London and Brighton railway, has been taken into custody, charged with complicity in numerous robberies. In the Tichbourne trial case, time has been extended to the end of the Easter term, 1870. A Dublin printer named Johnson has been arrested in Cork for circulating treasonable documents amongst the military and police. Dr Norman M'Leod has been elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Mr Gladstone and Earl Granville have been elected honorarv members of the Reform Club. A general banquet is contemplate! in recognition of their services to the Liberal cause. The Agricultural Hall, Islington, has been fitted up for velocipede racing. The Palmerston memorial statue has been erected at Southampton. The sons of Count Bismarck are on a visit to Scotland. Fenianism is rising in Ireland, and Ornugeism is troublesome. An attack was made on the house of a country gentlemen named Gray, at Black Bock, two miles from Cork. Although an invalid, he defended his house, and shot one of the attacking party. The rest fled. The wounded man proved to be a keeper in a lunatic asylum in the neighborhood. He died without giving any information. Eleven policemen have been charged with manslaughter for their conduct while suppi'essing disturbances in Berry during Prince Arthur's visit. The llev. "Walter Chambers has been appointed to the Bishopric of Labuan. Finney, late manager of the English Joint Stock Bank, has been committed for trial on a charge of perjury. The directors were acquitted. Russia is sending prisoners from Siberia to serve the Japanese in Saghalien. The gold found in Sntherlandshire up to this time is valued at £7OOO. Two hundred diggers are still at work. Barry Sullivan has been successful at the If olborn Theatre. The flying squadron has sailed from Plymouth.

The sum which the Government pays for the telegraph lines is nearly three millions. Eeuter is to be awarded three quarters of a million for his lines. Don Fernando, of Portugal, has contracted a Morganic marriage with an American actress. The Duchess dc L'Uynes went to the Paris races in a bicycle, followed by a groom in a bicycle. Orangemen at Tyrone denounce Gladstone as driving the country to civil war, and spoke of the time as, perhaps, coming when he and his coconspirators would be hanging as high as Haman. The Viceroy of Egypt has visited Paris, Berlin, Vienna, and Florence. The Countess of Flanders has given birth to a prince, who is heir to the throne of Belgium. The postmen of Cheltenham malte their rounds ou velocipedes. The steamer United Kingdom, bound from jSTew York to Glasgow, is supposed to bo lost. She carried thirty passengers. The American-Indian war is raging with ferocity. General Sheridan has been ordered to treat all Indians outside the reserves as hostile. President Grant has appointed a commission on Indian affairs. It is supposed that they have been grossly cheated in subsidies by American commissioners. The President had a narrow escape from death by a railway collision in which one passenger was killed, and twenty wounded. A great Peace Festival at Boston was opened by the President. Several Ministers, tho British ambassador, and other distinguished guests were present. Six steamers have been destroyed by fire at Cincinnati. Chief-Justice Chase has ruled that the Government cannot collect in-come-tax from foreign bond-holders. This involves large re-imbursements. The President refuses to remove the portmaster at Macon, who is a negro. Differential duties are to be discontinued in respect to goods imported ill French bottoms. The Irish Eepublican Association of Philadelphia have issued an address, strongly approving of Mr Summers's speech, and exhorting all true Irishmen to join the Republicans in enforcing his views. Canada and Newfoundland have been admitted to the Confederation., An additional subsidy has been voted! to Nova Scotia, which still objects to absorption in the Dominion. The Assembly has authorised the local government to test in the Eng-, lish courts the validity of the Confed-j eration Act. A repeal league has been formed at 1 Halifax on the basis of union with thel United States. ] The Spain regency has been votedj for by 193 to 65. ' ] Serrano would take the oaths asl regent on the 18th of June. 1 Castelier spoke strongly against theS French Empire, declaring that ifl would soon fall. 3 On the 16th General Prim reviewe™ 20,000 troops, who took the constiti>B tional oath. I

Prim stated in the Cortes that the establishment of a regency would facilitate the election of a King. The choice appears to be divided between the Due de Moutpeneier and Don Ferdinand. The former is in Andalusia. The new constitution was proclaimed on the Gth of June. London, July 10. The American difficulty is over. Mr Motley has been instructed by his Government not to press the matter, as the American Government will invite a renewal of negotiations. The proclamation of neutrality on the part of Great Britain does not in itself constitute a ground of complaint upon which to rest a claim for compensation, but, taken in conjunction with subsequent unfriendly acts, it occasioned losses requiring reparation. Mr Motley was further instructed to assure the British Government that the American Government desires to effect such a settlement as shall be honorable to both nations. Prance is still in a disturbed state. A workmen's strike at St. Etienne developed into a revolutionary riot. Two serious encounters took place between the troops and the people. In the first, twelve rioters were killed, and thirty-four prisoners taken, while seven soldiers were wounded. In the second eleven rioters were killed. A general officer was sent from Paris with re-inforcements. On the evening of the 11th June, the Emperor and Empress drove in an open carriage through the principal streets, without an escort. That night Marshal Niell and other Ministers remained at the Tuileries with grenadiers. During the night a riot took place, in which the cavalry were surprised. On the 12th the shops in the Boulevards were shut, and many arrests made. Next day all was quiet. At-Chalons the Emperor delivered a speech to the troops which the official journals praise for its pacific character. The work of Government, he said, was to reconcile strong power with liberal institutions. The elections generally have gone iu favor of the Government. One thousand and twenty - five arrests were made in Paris during the elections, but only twenty persons were detained to await further proceedings. At the Corps Legislatif M. Bouher said the Government would bring forward measures to satisfy the country. The Opposition gave notice of a series of interpellations involving Ministerial responsibility. The Ministers thereupon resigned. The Emperor is forming a new Cabinet. It is rumored that he will consult the people by a plebiscitum. The regency of Spain has been confirmed on Serrano. Letters from Mr Bichmond, Major Atkinson, and Mr William ITutt appear in the Times and Spectator, pleading for aid against the Maori rebels. The New Zealand medal has been extended to officers and meu of the navy and marines employed from 18-15 to ISI7, and between ISGO and ISGG. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS FBOH NEW ZEALAND. May 80—City of Duncdin, Glenmark. June 2—Bobert Henderson, Chile. June 3—Euahine. DEPARTURES. SHIPS LOADING. At London. —Bed Bover, Glenmark, Hydaspcs, Babab, Hera, Berkelsen, England, Victoria, Electra, Moslem.